Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Trans Fat Elimination Validation Ceremony - 29 January 2024

My brother, Dr Tom Frieden, Read more »

Africa: WHO Releases Guidelines On Chronic Low Back Pain

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain (LBP) in primary and community care settings, listing interventions for… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Closing Remarks At the Global Food Security Summit - Towards Zero Hunger and Ending Malnutrition - 20 November 2023

Thank you, Minister Mitchell. Read more »

Africa: TB Response Recovering From Pandemic but Accelerated Efforts Needed to Meet New Targets - WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global tuberculosis (TB) report underscores a significant worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services in… Read more »

Egypt: Statement to the Media On Certification of Egypt Reaching the Gold Tier On the Path to Elimination for Hcv Cairo, Egypt - 9 October 2023

I have just had the honour of meeting with His Excellency President El-Sisi, and presenting him with the official certification that Egypt has become the first country in the world… Read more »

Egypt: WHO Commends Egypt for Its Progress On the Path to Eliminate Hepatitis C

The Arab Republic of Egypt has become the first country to achieve the "gold tier" status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C as per WHO criteria. This means that Egypt has… Read more »

Africa: Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases - WHO Launches New Version of the WHO Skin NTDs Mobile Application

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to announce the release of an enhanced version of its Skin NTDs App, a valuable tool designed to assist front-line health workers in… Read more »

Africa: Message By the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals At WHO - September 2023

Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO Read more »

Africa: Quadripartite Launches the Working Group On Youth Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance

The Quadripartite (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization and World Organization for Animal… Read more »

Africa: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Shown to Be Highly Cost-Effective, Highlighting the Need to Intensify Scale Up and Sustainability

UNAIDS' Global AIDS Update - The Path that Ends AIDS underscores 2 main challenges faced by voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programmes: diminished funding and low… Read more »

Africa: WHO Initiative Signs New Licensing Agreements On Covid-19 Technologies

The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate sharing of intellectual property (IP), knowledge and innovations has announced three new… Read more »

Africa: Leadership Dialogue On Food Systems for People's Nutrition and Health

WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF, FAO and WFP organized the Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People's Nutrition and Health at the first United Nations Food Systems Summit… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At Food Systems Summit - 24 July 2023

Your Excellency Minister Francesco Lollobrigida; Read more »

Africa: WHO Addresses Violence Against Women As a Gender Equality and Health Priority

Together with UN Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched the RESPECT… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Keynote Speech At the International Conference On Health Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting - 17 July 2023

Honourable Minister of Finance of India, Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman, Read more »

Africa: Head of WHO Discusses Priorities On Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare With Civil Society

Civil society organizations highlight the essential role of traditional, complementary and integrative health in addressing global health challenges, and opportunities for its… Read more »

Sudan: Top UN Officials Sound Alarm At Spike in Violence Against Women and Girls

Senior United Nations officials today voiced shock and condemnation at increasing reports of gender-based violence in Sudan - including conflict-related sexual violence against… Read more »

Africa: Netherlands Continues Leadership Role in Supporting Mental Health of People Affected By Humanitarian Crises

On 3 July 2023 Paul Bekkers, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Dr Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director General… Read more »

Africa: Formation of the Quadripartite Technical Group On the Economics of Antimicrobial Resistance

The Quadripartite organizations, made up of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health… Read more »

Africa: First WHO Guidance On Snakebite Treatments Published

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the first in a series of WHO public-benefit target product profiles (TPPs) for snakebite treatments, in order to improve the… Read more »

Africa: Multilateral Development Banks and WHO Launch New Investment Platform to Strengthen Primary Health Care Services

In a landmark development aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care (PHC) services in low- and low-and-middle income… Read more »

Africa: WHO and the Global Fund Announce Commitment for Enhanced Collaboration

Today the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for… Read more »

Africa: Urgent Action Needed to Tackle Stalled Progress On Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals

WHO is releasing the 2023 edition of its annual World Health Statistics report with new figures on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the latest statistics on progress towards the… Read more »

Africa: Lifesaving Solution Dramatically Reduces Severe Bleeding After Childbirth

A new solution, known as E-MOTIVE, could provide a major breakthrough in reducing deaths from childbirth-related bleeding, according to a landmark study published today by… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Town Hall for the Civil Society Task Force On TB - 17 April 2023

Dear survivors of tuberculosis, friends from communities affected by TB, members of civil society, and our partners in ending TB. Read more »